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STL, MO--Supposedly Baseball Heaven, but I'll take the Bronx over STL anyday

4 20-game winners??

I don't want to jinx them, and I know its early, but if there ever was a modern-day staff capable of producing 4 20 game winners, I think we have it. All 4 guys have done it before and the offense can certainly support it. How impressive would it be in a 5 man rotation?

First night game, I think.
BTW, the White Sox had four 20 game winners in 1920, which is the only other time it's happened: Eddie Cicotte, Red Faber, Lefty Williams and Dickie Kerr.
(You can look it up, as I did.)

I'm wrestling with this. Everybody gets 32 starts if they stay healthy. That leaves 12 starts to lose or not get a decision. If the offense continues to take televised batting practice all season the odds may not be as long as you might think.

never said it would be easy

and it's certainly not likely. A five man rotation makes it even more unlikely than it was, but none of that makes it impossible. But I think the likelihood for winning 20 is pretty evenly distributed among the staff.

As far as the pace goes, while it would be almost impossible to keep winning 17 of 20, I wonder what the final win total will be. If we can do this well with three key players out, only one player (Mondesi) hitting way over his head, and our best hitter in a funk what will it be like when they return and Giambi gets rolling? Matsui will do much better, too.

Here's a trivia question -- what trend was started in the 1971 World Series, which had never occurred in any previous Series?

Spiker, you got it....The middle three games of the Series (which were played in Pittsburgh) were played AT NIGHT -- for the first time in World Series history. Over the years since, they gradually decreased the number of world series day games to where they now no longer exist.

Originally posted by Spiker First night game, I think.
BTW, the White Sox had four 20 game winners in 1920, which is the only other time it's happened: Eddie Cicotte, Red Faber, Lefty Williams and Dickie Kerr.
(You can look it up, as I did.)

Say Spiker Didn`t The Yankess have his nephew Al Cicotte a lefty at one time?

We have not played a lot of the better teams yet and we were 17 and 3.

Our team will get better as Giambi heats up, Jeter comes back, along with the bullpen getting back to full strength, so the better teams will face a better Yankee team.

But four 20 game winners? Remember why we got Contreras, when someone breaks down, he will be inserted into the rotation.

It is posible for the Yanks to win a lot of games and only have 2 or 3 20 game winners.

If everyone stays healthy Roger, Moose, and Wells can all win 20.
I think Andy can get close with 18 or so, and Weaver has the chance to do about the same, although I see around 16 wins top for him, (I hope I am wrong)

It sure is nice being a Yankee fan and talking about team needs like a setup man in the bullpen, when the fans of other teams have greater worries.

Spiker, you got it....The middle three games of the Series (which were played in Pittsburgh) were played AT NIGHT -- for the first time in World Series history. Over the years since, they gradually decreased the number of world series day games to where they now no longer exist.